Western concert flute (Boehm system)
Flauta de concierto (sistema Böhm)
- Date
- 1847 · confidence high
- Place
- Munich, Germany
- Credited to
- Theobald Böhm
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A metal transverse flute with a key system and bore that Böhm perfected to maximise tuning and volume. His key mechanism became the standard for the modern flute and was later adapted to other wind instruments.
Böhm introduced an initial key system in 1832 and perfected it with the definitive cylindrical-conical bore in 1847.
What it led to
- Standardisation of the modern orchestral flute
- Adaptation of the Boehm system to the clarinet and other wind instruments
Built on
- Baroque transverse flute